The Performers (continued).
422
422
are an exiting and exuberant young acoustic folk band from the north of England.
They play traditional tunes from the British Isles, especially the North), many
from Scandinavia and North America, and a growing number of their own
compositions, arranged with a subtlety and complexity that belies their young
age, whilst never losing an ounce of the raw energy that these melodies posses.
422 formed in 1999 and won the BBC Radio Two Young Folk Award that year. Since
then they have given stunning, energetic, concert performances across northern
Europe, appeared at many major festivals, recorded three successful CDs and
worked on both radio and television, and play regularly for lively ceilidhs and
dances. Individually they’re all mighty players; collectively, they’re a force
to be reckoned with.
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Bob Fox
Bob
Fox's easy manner, wonderful voice, Geordie accent and prowess on the acoustic
guitar make for an impressive performance, which never fails to score, Bob soon
gets the audience enthusiastically singing lustily along with chorus after
chorus; he can tell a story too, and all told with great humour.
Bob has recorded numerous great albums and gigs frequently round the English
speaking world. He also made a massive contribution to the BBC Radio Ballads.
Simon Mayor and Hilary James
Simon's
virtuoso mandolin, guitar and fiddling wizardry as well as his inimitable brand
of off-the-wall humour meets Hilary's elegant vocals and unusual basses.
Everything from beautiful folk ballads to lively mandolin tunes, as well as some
of their hilarious children's songs and maybe a step dance or 2. Simon is one of
the world's most renowned mandolinists, playing anything from hot-licking Texas
fiddle tunes to Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba with blurry-fingered
precision.
The Omega 3
Clive
Harvey and Derek Pearce, founder members of the long defunct, sadly missed and
almost legendary Roaring Jelly, are back. Refurbished, revitalised, refortified
by vitamins and fish oils, with new wonder ingredient Graeme Taylor, they are
reinvented as The Omega 3, foremost purveyors of English Eccentric Humour in
Song, containing those Essential Batty Acids.
Enjoy the band as once again they set about fearlessly flinging the absurdities
of the world back in its face. Marvel at their merry melodies. Revel in their
irreverence. Gasp in disbelief and then gurgle with guilty pleasure as they
slaughter sacred cows for the sake of a cheap gag. Enjoy. Go on, you know you
want to.
“Catchy, clever songs, very English and very funny”